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Cautions with other medicines
Some medicines and domperidone can affect each other. This may increase your chance of having side effects.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking:
- antidepressants or antipsychotic medicines
- antibiotics or medicines for fungal infections
- medicines for malaria
- medicines for HIV infection
- medicines for a heart condition or high blood pressure
- medicines for cancer, or if you're having treatment for cancer
It's usually best to only take 1 type of medicine for feeling or being sick.
If domperidone does not work for you, speak to a doctor. They may want to recommend a different medicine.
Mixing domperidone with herbal remedies and supplementsSome herbal remedies can make your side effects worse.
There's not enough information to say that other complementary medicines and herbal remedies are safe to take with domperidone. They're not tested in the same way as pharmacy and prescription medicines. They're generally not tested for the effect they have on other medicines.
Meds New IA (H2) - Cautions with other medicines alert
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal remedies, vitamins or supplements.
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